 This flattered my vanity; but my father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances, and telling me verse-makers were generally beggars. So I escaped being a poet, most probably a very bad one...  History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 - Página 1107por John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott - 1884 - 2239 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 páginas
...them. The first sold wonderfully, the event, being recent, having made a great noise. This nattered my vanity : but my father discouraged me by ridiculing...escaped being a poet, most probably a very bad one." He now wisely turned his attention to prosewriting, his success in which, he tells us, was of great... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 páginas
...to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event being recent, having made a great noise. 8. This flattered my vanity ; but my father discouraged me...being a poet — most probably a very bad one ; but as prosewriting has been of great use to me in the course of my life, and was a principal means of my... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1879 - 508 páginas
...sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event, being recent, having made a great noise. 8. This flattered my vanity ; but my father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances, and telling me verse makers were generally beggars. So I escaped being a poet — most probably a very bad one; but... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 páginas
...town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event being recent, having made a great noise. This flattered my vanity ; but my father discouraged me...ridiculing my performances, and telling me verse-makers 165 were generally beggars. So I escaped being a poet, most probably a very bad one ; but as prose-writing... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1882 - 680 páginas
...performances, and telling me •erse-makers were generally beggars. Thus I escaped t>eing a poet, and probably a very bad one ; but, as prose writing has been of great use to me in the course jf my life, and was a principal means of my advancement, I shall tell you how in such a situation I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1884 - 594 páginas
...town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event being recent, having made a great npise. This flattered my vanity ; but my father discouraged me...telling me verse-makers were generally beggars. So 1 escaped being a poet, most probably a very bad one ; but as prose writing has been of great use to... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 páginas
...to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event,2 being recent, having made a great noise. This flattered my vanity ; but my father discouraged me...being a poet, most probably a very bad one ; but as prose-writing has been of great use to me in the course of my life, and was a principal means of my... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 páginas
...them. The first sold wonderfully, the event,2 being recent, having made a great, noise. This nattered my vanity ; but my father discouraged me by ridiculing...being a poet, most probably a very bad one ; but as prose-writing has been of great use to me in the course of my life, and was a principal means of my... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 páginas
...town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event being recent, having made a great noise. This flattered my vanity ; but my father discouraged me...ridiculing my performances, and telling me verse-makers 165 were generally beggars. So I escaped being a poet, most probably a very bad one ; but as prose-writing... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 256 páginas
...town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event being recent, having made a great noise. This flattered my vanity ; but my father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances, and telling me verse* makers were generally beggars. So I escaped being a poet, most probably a very bad one; but... | |
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